CONMEBOL will implement the same form of referee appointments of referees for the CONMEBOL Sudamericana that it already carried out for the return of Libertadores. This is in view of the circumstances derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and in order to avoid long trips. The referees will be from neighboring countries - where laboratory tests will be done before leaving - and will travel to the venues by air or land, depending on the conditions. For the referees, the bubble that will govern the teams - which must remain in the local country for a very limited amount of time - does not apply, but must undergo the quarantine imposed and approved by each government. Once this period is over, they will stay in the country for the duration of the second phase of the tournament, awaiting the appointments for the different matches that are played in that territory. This modality of work with the referees is possible thanks to changes in the regulations of CONMEBOL Sudamericana approved by the CONMEBOL Council.
Selected referees and their assigned countries:
Argentina: Derlis Lopez, Roberto Canete, Jose Cuevas (PAR), Andres Cunha (photo), Christian Ferreyra, Santiago Fernandez, Horacio Ferreiro (URU)
Brazil: Michael Espinoza, Coty Carrera, Víctor Raez (PER)
Chile: Christian Aleman, Juan Montano, Ariel Guizada (BOL), Fernando Espinoza, Fernando Echenique, Julio Fernandez, Cristian Navarro (ARG)
Colombia: Franklin Congo, Andres Tola, Monica Amboya (ECU), Angel Arteaga, Carlos Lopez, Lubin Torrealba (VEN)
Paraguay: Nicolas Lamolina, Lucas Germanotta, Daiana Milone (ARG), Andres Matonte, Martin Soppi, Carlos Barreiro (URU)
Peru: Marlon Vera, Dennis Guerrero, Juan Aguiar (ECU), Carlos Betancur, Sebastian Vela, John Gallego (COL)
Uruguay: Andres Merlos, Maximiliano Del Yesso, Mariana De Almeida (ARG), Arnaldo Samaniego, Eduardo Cardozo, Milciades Saldivar (PAR)
Source: CONMEBOL